Herod's wives create
logistical problems for graphic representation of all his descendents
& their complex inter-relationships. The 5 wives presented above
[indicated by a double line: == ] are those whose children had
the greatest impact on the history of the House of Herod. For
completeness, however, the following table lists all of Herod's 10 wives
& 16 children. Since Josephus
[Antiquities17.19-22] does not give details on most of the marriages & births
but, instead, claims that Herod practiced polygamy like the Hebrew
patriarchs, the numbering in this table should not be interpreted as an
exact historical sequence.

* Herod's oldest
daughter Salampsio (4) was married to Phasael II, the son of Herod's older
brother by the same name. They had
3 sons & 2 daughters, the youngest of whom [Cypros III, named after
Herod's mother] was married to her cousin Agrippa
I, the son of her mother's brother, Aristobulus IV
(3). She was the mother of Agrippa
II. [Marrying daughters to uncles
or cousins was common in the family of Herod & other contemporary
rulers & was not regarded by Romans or Jews as incest].

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